LAKE CHARLES, La. — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Allyson Girard won the Southland Conference individual cross country title, but the Islanders' fifth-place finisher Samantha Miller was just as important on Friday at the conference championships.

Miller finished the 6 kilometer course in 24 minutes, 38.9 seconds to finish 28th overall, helping the Islanders to win the team title by one point over Lamar.

Girard, who clocked a 22:15.6 and sophomore Valentina Campos (eighth) finished in the top 10 for A&M-Corpus Christi, which totaled 70 points among its five scoring runners. Morgan McCutchen finished 15th and Cynthia Quiroga 18th as the Islanders claimed their fifth conference championship.

Girard was named Southland Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year and second-year head coach Brent Erickson was named Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.

Third place Stephen F. Austin finished four points behind the conference-winning Islanders.

The A&M-Corpus Christi men finished fifth in the team standings, led by Steven Galli, who finished 15th.